Three things your client may call you about this week ...

Property prices up 7%

clock • 2 min read

A pensions checklist, investing like a student influencer and property prices on the up - here's our first weekly heads-up of 2021 on the financial stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend …

Our 8-point checklist to get your pension in order for 2021 Starting the new year on the front foot, The Telegraph has offered up readers a help list to get their pensions in order. First up the newspaper suggests tracking down old pensions, followed by checking charges.  On the first point the article quotes Aegon's Kate Smith, who is also the newspapers 'pensions doctor', who says: "One resolution worth making and sticking to in 2021 is finding out as much as you can about your pensions. Consolidating these older-style pensions into modern lower charging pensions with online access ...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Adviser for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, industry insights and market intelligence
  • Stay ahead of the curve with spotlights on emerging trends and technologies
  • Receive breaking news stories straight to your inbox in the daily newsletters
  • Make smart business decisions with the latest developments in regulation, investing retirement and protection
  • Members-only access to the editor’s weekly Friday commentary
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes

Join

 

Already a Professional Adviser member?

Login

More on Your profession

FSCS pays out more than £125m for unsuitable advice

FSCS pays out more than £125m for unsuitable advice

Unsuitable investment, pension and SIPP advice drive 2025/26 compensation costs

Isabel Baxter
clock 02 July 2026 • 2 min read
Why multigenerational engagement is becoming a competitive advantage for advisers

Why multigenerational engagement is becoming a competitive advantage for advisers

'Technical planning alone is no longer enough'

Jordan Wheatley
clock 02 July 2026 • 4 min read
Advice 2036: The decade we finally fixed the plumbing

Advice 2036: The decade we finally fixed the plumbing

Rory McLaren hops in his time machine to 2036 and reflects on what the advice profession got right in 2026...

Rory McLaren
clock 02 July 2026 • 4 min read